It would be No. 6 overall pick for Marshall

To clarify, if the Seattle Seahawks submit an offer sheet to Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall _ and there’s still plenty of “if” about that _ they would do so knowing they would be forced to surrender their original first-round draft pick to the Broncos.

The Seahawks original pick is No. 6 overall in the upcoming draft. They also have the No. 14 overall pick, which they received in a trade from the Broncos last year that involved Alphonso Smith.

As the Seahawks meet with Marshall today the Broncos are to stay clear away from the matter. There is no compensation discussion in the offer-sheet process. Should the Seahawks submit an offer sheet for Marshall, the Broncos would have seven days to match _ or let him go for the No. 6 overall pick. Period.

Considering the deal Arizona just made with Baltimore for Anquan Boldin, a No. 6 overall pick would be tremendous compensation for the Broncos. Boldin is the receiver who most closely resembles Marshall in that both are physical, 100-catch, post-up type receivers. Boldin has more wear; Marshall has more baggage.

Yet, all Arizona could get back from Baltimore for Boldin was a third- and fourth-round pick. And the Cards even had to throw in a fifth-round pick to make it happen. So a first-round pick, much less the No. 6 pick overall, would be plenty for Marshall.

In that scenario, the Broncos would again have two, first round picks, the No. 6 and 11 overall, in this year’s draft. Last year, they used the No. 12 and No. 18 overall picks to select Knowshon Moreno and Robert Ayers.

This is all getting a bit too far ahead of step one, however. Marshall’s agent, Kennard McGuire, didn’t make the trip to Seattle, an indication an offer sheet for the Seahawks is not imminent.

I am from seattle and have been following this marshall-to-seattle stuff. According to John Clayton, seattle will never give up either of its 1st round picks for Marshall. We just have too many more pressing needs. Sign and trade with Denver taking Dion Branch plus a draft pick has been bantered about. But we doubt that you will see anything happen for a week or so.

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I am from seattle and have been following this marshall-to-seattle stuff. According to John Clayton, seattle will never give up either of its 1st round picks for Marshall. We just have too many more pressing needs. Sign and trade with Denver taking Dion Branch plus a draft pick has been bantered about. But we doubt that you will see anything happen for a week or so.

Nicki Jhabvala is a Broncos beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor. She also spent two years as a home page editor at the New York Times.